Field Notes: 1961-1962 - India, Pakistan, Nepal, Malaysia, Thailand

STOP 292 - THAILAND: KRACHONG FOREST, NR. TRANG 100 M. VIII-8-62

200 specimens.

Stopped for a while in the same beautiful rain forest and waterfall area where we collected more thoroughly before (STOP 269) Collecting was about the same. The weather was warm and sunny for the most part.

MALAYA

STOP 293 - MALAYA: 3 MI. S.E. IPOH, 50 M., VIII-10-62 100 specimens.

We revisited this "punch bowl" mountain of limestone and collected again in the hidden valley inside its nearly vertical sides. (See step 263). Collecting was not much changed; the area looked a little drier. Warm, sunny day.

STOP 294 - MALAYA: 16 MI. N.E. K. LUMPUR, 1000 ft., VIII-12-62 600 specimens.

(See STOP 254) Again we camped in our favorite forest area in the hills behind K. Lumpur, in the Gombock R. drainage. Collecting always seems to be good here. Again the male brookiana were abundant. Weather - the usual: sunny [dawn?], cloudy then with showers. About the same all around as before.

STOP 295 - SINGAPORE: BUKIT TIMAH, 100 ft., VIII-19-62 200 specimens.

(See STOP 251) forest a bit drier than it was before. Collecting about the same.

STOP 296 - SINGAPORE: BOTANICAL GARDEN, 50 ft., VIII-20-62 100 specimens.

Some fair collecting can be had right in this park in the city itself. There are some large ponds bordered by a few good patches of forest very much like the original. Insects visit the flowers in the gardens as well. Weather hot and humid. Rain recently.

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